Lot #: 477
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with the Cobalt Floral Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1865, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed vine design bearing two tulip blossoms and a tulip bud, the decoration applied over slip-washed clay. Additional cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed with large three-gallon capacity mark at shoulder. Very nice condition with a shallow 1 1/8" flake to interior of rim and some faint in-the-firing surface crazing, not visible on interior.
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